rest of the people together, and he told them that the work is great and large and we are widely separated one from another on the wall, but when you hear the sound of the trumpets, and might i say when you hear the sound of the bells today, come to that spot and our god will fight with us, and so today, we're going to let freedom ring all across this nation. we're going to let freedom ring everywhere we go. if freedom is going to ring in libya, in syria, in egypt, in florida, then we must reach across the table, feed each other, and let freedom ring.

[applause] [ music ] >> 1963, the 16th street baptist church was bombed. the bell was saved. thanks to the church and william bell, the mayor of ber ming ham, that bell is here. to help celebrate doctor king's legacy and this day, let freedom ring. [ music ] [ bell tolling ]

>> please welcome our next performance by tony and grammy award winner heather hedley. [ music ] >> we'll get back to the m lk ceremonies in just a bit. i'm trace gallagher in for shepard smith. we have breaking news on studio b. welcome, everyone. we've just learned minutes ago that major nidal hasan has been given the death penalty. he will get death for killing 13 people at fort hood and injuring dozens more some four years ago. four years ago, he, of course, represented himself during the trial. he put up virtually no defense at all, and then during the death penalty phase, he put up no witnesses and he, of course, did not speak. that's what we were anticipating the whole while is that he would say something on his own behalf.

he said absolutely nothing, and a jury has now just said that major nidal hasan will, in fact, be sentenced to death. we'll have much more on this breaking news continuing coverage here on studio b. in the meantime, welcome, everyone. we want to bring you into the events going on in d.c. right now. the march for freedom, you can see there speaking right now. what will happen here is once this performance is over, they'll go to the bell. the bell, as you heard, was from the 16th baptist church in birmingham, alabama that was bombed just 18 days after the "i have a dream" speech made by martin luther king, jr. four little girls were killed in the bombing. those bells will ring for five minutes, and they'll ring not just in dc but around the country. they'll ring in topeka, kansas where the brown versus board of education decision originated. they will ring at lookout mountain in tennessee, at stone

mountain in georgia. they'll also ring at churches and at organizations around the country, and after the bells ring for five minutes, we will then hear from president obama. we have so far heard from presidents clinton and carer, oprah winfrey has spoken as well as john lewis, the congressman who also spoke at the freedom march, freedom and jobs march 50 years ago today. i want to bring in very briefly if i can juan williams who is standing by with us. we'll get back when the bells start ringing and listen to that in its entirety. juan, earlier president clinton said something we thought was quite powerful when he said that what a debt we owe to the people who marched 50 years ago. it was a bold statement. it got a big round of applause, juan. >> it really was, trace. i think it's a reminder of the history that there was such a sense that there was going to be violence here in washington on that day, and people who came were taking a risk. often times they were young

people whose parents feared for their safety and coming to washington that day. we've heard reference to the fact that troops were surrounding the city. you may not remember, but it was held on a wednesday to ensure that people would not come and remain over any weekend, and buses came in early that morning at dawn, and the buses were lined up near to the national mall, and positioned so they could quickly exit, and all the liquor stores in town were closed, you know. the security was just incredible. the congress was gone. those people who came and who made the effort really stood out and sent a message to the

nation. >> to the king, the family who have sacrificed and inspired so much, as president clinton, president carter, vice-president biden, jill, fellow americans, five decades ago today americans came to this honored place to lay claim to a promise made at our founding. we hold these truths to be self-evident. that all men are created equal.

that they are endo youd by their creator -- endowed by their creator with certain inalienable life, and among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. in 1963 our almost 200 years afr those words were set to paper, a full century after a great war was fought and emancipation crow claimed, that promise, those truths remained unmet. and so they came by the thousands, from every corner of our country, men and women, young and old, blacks who longed for freedom and whites who could no longer accept freedom for

themselves while witnessing the subjugation of others. across the land congregations sent them off with food and with prayer. in the middle of the night, entire blocks of harlem came out to wish them well. with a few dollars they scri m ped from their labor, they bordered buses even though they couldn't sit where they wanted to sit. those with less money hitchhiked or walked. there were seamstresses and steel workers, students and teachers, maids and pullman porters. they shared simple meals and bunked together on floors.

and then on a hot summer day they assembled here in our nation's capitol under the shadow of the great emancipator to offer testimony of injustice, to petition their government for redress, and to awaken america's long slumbering conscience. we rightly and best remember dr. king' king's soaring oratort day, how he gave mighty voice to the quiet hopes of millions, how he offered a salvation path for oppressed and oppressors alike. his words belong to the ages po

possessing a power and prophecy unmatched in our time. but we would do well to recall that day itself also belongs to those ordinary people whose names never appeared in the history books. never got on tv. many had gone to segregated schools and sat at segment segrd lunch counters, lived in towns where they couldn't vote, and cities where their votes didn't matter. there were couples in love who couldn't marry, soldiers who fought for freedom abroad that they found denied to them at home. they had seen loved ones beaten and children fire hosed, and they had every reason to lash

out in anger or resign themselves to a bitter fate. and yet, they chose a different path. in the face of hatred, they prayed for their tormentors. in the face of violence, they stood up and sat in with the moral force of non-violence. willingly they went to jail to protest unjust laws, the themses swelling with the sounds of freedom's songs. a lifetime of indignity had taught them that no man can take away the dignity and grace that god grants us. they learned through hard experience what frederick

douglas once taught, that freedom is not given, it must be won through struggle and discipline, persistence and faith. that was the spirit they brought here that day. that was the spirit young people like john lewis brought to that day. that was the spirit that they carried with them like a torch back to their cities and their neighborhoods, that steady flame of conscience and courage that would sustain them through the campaigns to come. through boycotts and voter registration drives and smaller marches, far from the spotlight, through the loss of four little girls in birmingham, from the carnage of the pettis bridge,

the agony of dallas and california and memphis, through setbacks and heartbreaks and gnawing doubt, that flame of justice flickered. it never died. and because they kept marching, america changed. because they marched, the civil rights law was passed. because they marched, a voting rights law was signed. because they marched, doors of opportunity and education swung open so their daughters and sons could finally imagine a life for themselves beyond washing somebody else's laundry or shining somebody else's shoes. because they marched, the city councils changed and state legislatures changed and

congress changed and yes, eventually the white house changed. because they marched, america became more free and more fair, not just for african-americans but for women and latinos, asians and native americans, for catholics, jews, and muslims, for gays, for americans with disabilities. america changed for you and for me and the entire world drew strength from that example. whether it be young people who watched from the other side of an iron curtain and would eventually tear down that wall, or the young people inside south africa who would eventually end the discourage of apartheid --

the scourge of apartheid. those are the victories they won with iron wills and hope in their hearts. that is the transformation that they brought. with each step of their well worn shoes. that's the depth that i and millions of -- the debt that i and millions of americans owe those maids, those laborers, those porters, those sects, folks who could have run a company, maybe, if they ever had ae, those white students who put themselves in harm's way even though they didn't have to, those japanese-americans who recalled their own internment, those jewish americans who had survived the holocaust, people who could have given up and given in but kept on keeping on, knowing that weeping may endure

for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. on the battle field of justice, men and women without rank or wealth or title or fame would liberate us all in ways that our children now take for granted as people of all colors and creeds live together and learn together and walk together and fight along side one another and love one another and judge one another by the content of our character in this greatest nation on earth. to dismiss the magnitude of this progress, to suggest as some sometimes do that little has

changed, that dishonors the courage and the sacrifice of those who paid to march in those years. [applause] >> medger evers, james chain ch, martin luther king, jr., they did not die in vain. their victory was great. we would dishonor those heroes as well to suggest that the work of this nation is somehow complete. the arc of the moral universe may bend towards moral justice, but it doesn't bend on its own. to secure the gains this country

has made requires constant vigilance, not complacency. whether it's by challenging those who erect new barriers to the vote or ensuring that the scales of justice work equally for all in the criminal justice system is not simply a pipeline for underfunded schools to overcrowded jails, it requires vigilance. we'll suffer the occasional setback. we will win these fights. this country has changed too much. people of good will, regardless of party, are too plentiful for those with ill will to change history's currents. in some ways, though, the

securing of civil rights, voting rights, the eradication of legalized discrimination, the very significance of these victories may have obscured a second goal of the march. for the men and women who gathered 50 years ago, we're not there in search of some abstract idea. they were there seeking jobs as well as justice. not just the absence of oppression, but the presence of economic opportunity. for what does a fro feta a man, doctor king would ask, to sit at an integrated lunch counter if he can't afford the meal? this idea that ones liberty is

linked to one's livelihood, that the pursuit of happiness requires the dignity of work, the skills to find work, decent pay, some measure of material security. this idea was not new. lincoln himself understood the declaration of independence in such terms as a promise that in due time, the weights should be lifted from the shoulders of all men and that all should have an equal chance. dr. king explained that the goals of african-americans were identical to working people of all races. decent wages, fair working conditions, liveable housing, old age security, health and welfare measures, conditions in which families can grow, have education for their children,

and respect in the community. what king was describing is being the dream of every american. it's what's lured for centuries new arrivals to our shores, and it's along this second dimension of economic opportunity the chance to honest toil to advance ones station in life or the goals of 50 years ago have fallen most short. yes, there have been examples of success within black america that would have been unimaginable a half century ago, but as has already been noted, black unemployment has remained almost twice as high as white unemployment. latino unemployment close

behind. the gap in wealth between races has not lessened, it's grown as president clinton indicated, the position of all working americans regardless of color has eroded, making the dream dr. king described even more elusive. for over a decade, working americans of all races have seen their incomes stag nate even as corporate profits soar, even as the pay and fortune of a few explodes, inequality has steadily risen over the decades. up ward mobility has become harder. too many communities across this country and cities and suburbs and rural hamlets, the shadow of poverty casts a pall over our youths, their lives a force of

substand schools and diminished prospects, inadequate health care, perennial violence. so as we mark this anniversary, we must remind ourselves that the measure of progress of those who marched 50 years ago was not merely how many blacks could join the ranks of millionaires, it was whether this country would admit all people who would work hard, regardless of race, into the ranks of a middle class life. [applause] >> the test was not and never has been whether the doors of opportunity are cracked a bit wider for a few. it's whether our economic system provides a fair shot for the many. for the black custodian and the white steel worker, the immigrant dishwasher and the native american. to win that battle, to answer

that call, this remains our great unfinished business. we shouldn't fool ourselves. the task will not be easy. since 1963 the economy has changed. the twin forces of technology and global competition have subtracted those jobs that once provided a foothold into the middle class. reduced the bargaining power of american workers. our politics has suffered. entrenched interests, those who benefit from an unjust status quo resisted any government efforts to give working families a fair deal, marshaling an army of lobbyists and opinion makers to argue that minimum wage increases or stronger labor laws or taxes on the wealthy who

could afford it to fund crumbbling schools, that all these things violated sound economic principles. we would be told that growing inequality was a price for a growing economy. a measure of the free market. that greed was good and compassion ineffective. those without jobs or health care had only themselves to blame. then there were those elected officials who found it useful to practice the old politics of division, doing their best to convince middle class americans of a great untruth, that government was somehow itself to blame foe their growing economic insecurity, that bureaucrats were taking their hard earn dollars to benefit the welfare cheat or the illegal immigrant,

and then if we're honest with ourselves, we'll admit that during the course of 50 years, there were times when some of us claiming to push for change lost our way. the anguish of assassinations set off self-defeating riots. legitimate graveses against police brutality turned into excuse making for criminal behavior. racial politics could caught both ways -- could cut both ways as the transformive message of unity and brotherhood was drowned by by the language of incrimination. what had once been a call for equality of opportunity, the chance for all americans to work hard and get ahead was auto often framed as a mere desire for government support. as if we had no agency in our

own liberation. that poverty was an excuse for not raising your child. bigotry of others was reason to give up on yourself. all of that history is how progress stalled. that's how hope was diverted. it's how our country remained divided. but the good news is just as was true in 1963, we now have a choice. we can continue down our current path in which the gears of this great democracy grind to a halt, and our children accept a life of lower expectations, where politics is a zero sum game, where few do very well while struggling families of every race fight over a shrinking

economic pie. that's one path. or we can have the courage to change. the march on washington teaches us that we are not trapped by the mistakes of history, that we are masters of our fate, but it also teens us that the promise -- teaches us that the promise of this nation will only be kept when we work together. we'll have to reignite the embers of empathy and fellow feeling, the coalition of conscience, the fond expression in this place 50 years ago. i believe that spirit is there. that true force inside each of us. i see it when a white mother recognizes her own daughter in the face of a poor black child. i see it when the black youth thinks of his own grandfather in

the dignified steps of an elderly white man. it's there when the native born recognizing that striving spirit of the new infant, when the interracial couple connects the pains of a gay couple who are discriminated against and understands it as their own. that's where courage comes from. when we turn not from each other or on each other but towards one another and we find that we do not walk alone, that's where courage comes from. [applause] >> and with that courage we can stand together for good jobs and just wages. with that courage we can stand together for the right to health care in the richest nation on earth for every person. with that courage we can stand together for the right of every

child from the corners to the hills to get an education that stirs the mind and captures the spirit and prepares them for the world that awaits them. with that courage we can feed the hungry and house the homeless and transform bleak waste lands of poverty in the fields of commercial and -- commerce and promise. america, i know the road will be long, but i know we can get there. yes, we will stumble, but i know we'll get back up. that's how a movement happens. that's how history bends. that's how when somebody is faint of heart, somebody else brings them along and says come on, we're marching. there's a reason why so many who marched that day and in the days to come were young, because the

young are unconstrained by habits of fear. unconstrained by the conventions of what ifs. they dared to dream different. they imagined something better, and i am convinced that same imagination, the same hunger of purpose serves in this generation. we might not face the same dangers as 1963, but the fierce urgency of now remains. we may never duplicate the swelling crowds and dazzling processions of that day so long ago. no one can match king's brillance, but the same flame that lit the heart of all who were willing to take the first step for justice, i know that flame remains. that tireless teacher who gets

to class early and stays late and dips into her own pocket to buy supplies because she believes every child is her charge, she's marching. that successful businessman who doesn't have to but pays his workers a fair wage and then offers a shot to a man, maybe an excon who is down on his luck, he's marching. the mother who pours her love into her daughter so that she grows up with the confidence to walk through the same doors as anybody's son, she's marching. the father who realizes the most important job he'll ever have is raising his boy right, even if he didn't have a father, especially if he didn't have a father at home, he's marching. the battle-scared veterans who devote themselves not only to helping their fell yo warriors

stand again and walk again and run again but keep serving their country when they come home, they are marching. everyeveryone who realize ses wt those glorious patrons knew on that day, that change does not come from washington but to washington, that change has always been built on our willingness, we, the people, to take on the mantle of citizenship, you are marching. and that's the lesson of our past. that's the promise of tomorrow. in the face of impossible odds, people who love their country can change it. when millions of americans can join together in a spirit of brotherhood, then those mountains will be low, and those rough places will be made plains, and those crooked places, they straighten out towards grace, and we will

vindicate the face of those who sacrificed so much and live up to the true meaning of our creed as one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> president obama wrapping up the ceremonies in washington, dc commemorating the 50th anniversary of the "i have a dream" speech, the march for freedom and jobs in washington, dc. i want to bring back in juan williams right now, and juan, before i get to, i want to give our audience some information about the breaking news that's been happening while the president has been speaking. major nidal hasan has been given the death penalty unanimous verdict coming in. they are set to read that sentence very shortly in court. there are clearly no cameras in the courthouse, but casey stegall is inside court. once he comes out, we'll get a

live report from him. now back to juan williams. juan, the president in the early part of his speech, and you pointed this out as well, in your very well articulated article in the "wall street journal". it was 100 years after the emancipation proclamation that the i have a deem speech happened. it was nine years after the board of education versus brown integrating schools, and very few schools were integrated. at the time of the speech juan, there was very little progress happening or so it seemed. >> you have to remember, trace, that just that year you had the trauma of birmingham and dr. king being put in jail, the jail cell from which he wrote his famous letter from the birmingham jail. you had medger evers, the naacp leader, assassinated that year. later that year you had the bombing of the 16th street baptist church.

you had this moment bringing the country together. today i this the it was interesting he spoke about the idea that racial politics can cut both ways. instead, people have to be aware that bigotry is no excuse to give up on yourself. this was in a sense the politician inheriting the mantle from the prophet, dr. king, but the politician, barack obama, now saying that he's speaking to a new generation but in some ways challenging some in the minority to live up to it and to use their own means to achieve that dream. >> a year after the civil rights act, you you mentioned the voting rights act, and ther thee

clearly over the decades have been steps forward and steps back. are we gaining ground like we should be on this issue, juan? >> i think without a doubt that our country has so much to be proud of in the way we have traveled these five decades, this 50-year period. of course, obama's presence there as an african-american president, that's pretty astounding right there, but he spoke about it, too, in saying there's so much more opportunity in our country today, and then picked up on it when he spoke about and used this refrain that someone who is a teacher today, who is teaching children, they're picking up, they're marching, someone who is there as an employer giving opportunity to a veteran, that person is marching today. you have to see in so many ways it's not just people who come to washington who stand on the mall for a big speech, but people who reach out and help each other in

very specific ways every day who are marching, and so i think that sense is all around this march and tremendous progress has been made. you can't politicize it and say well, we need to remember what we haven't done. everybody acknowledges that the president, especially in terms of class inequality, income inequality, said we have a ways to go. there's an overwhelming sense from the president, a celebration of what we've done as americans. >> juan williams, well said. thank you, sir. >> you're welcome, trace. thank you. well, minutes ago we told you about the verdict in the case of the fort hood shooter, nidal hasan. a military jury has sentenced him to death for his shooting spree at the texas army post back in 2009. of course, it left 13 people dead, it left 30 wounded. major hasan acted as his own attorney, but he offered virtually no defense at all. earlier today he chose not to give a closing statement before the deliberations began.

hasan's stand by attorneys have said he seemed to have a death wish. now the jurors say they are ready to grant that wish. casey stegall has the news. he's live for us at fort hood. casey, what's the latest? >> reporter: trace, the deliberations only about two and a half hours compared to the six and a half hours that exact same 13-member panel used to convict major hasan of these 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder, but this morning at about 11:02 local time, just after noon in the east is when this 13 member panel of senior army officers began deliberating on whether or not hasan would get the death penalty. just before the top of this program, at the top of studio b, the top of 3:00 local or 3:00 eastern, i should say, is when the jury came into that room and said that they found he should be sentenced to death. and when that verdict came down, hasan did what he has done this entire time.

he stared down at the defense table. he showed zero emotion. he did look at one point at the president of the panel when she was reading their findings, but that is about it. that has been his m.o. this entire four weeks. we have been here since the start of this court martial on august the 6th. this morning we had some pretty powerful closing statements from the prosecution, and we want to put some of that up on the screen for you because there was some talk that hasan could get up and maybe say something about wanting to be a martyr, but columcolonel mike mulligan, thed prosecutor in the case, said, quote, he can never be a martyr, he has nothing to give. he ha is not giving his life. we are taking his life. this is not his gift to god. it is his debt to society. hi will not ever be a martyr. he's a criminal, a cold blooded murderer, and he continued on november 5th he did not leave this earth. he remained here to pay a price,

to pay a debt, the debt he owes is his life. those were the closing words colonel mulligan gave to the panel before deliberations began and clearly the panel gave the prosecution what they wanted, trace. we're expecting, we should tell you, family members to speak coming up at the top of the hour, so we are waiting on that live here from fort hood. >> it should be pointed out that very few military death sentences are carried out, so carrying this through is a different scenario all together. casey stegall live for us in fort hood. casey, thank you. well, now to the crisis in syria, and word that people there are bracing for an attack. some trying to get out of the capital city of damascus, or if they must stay, they're stocking up on food and water. that as the pentagon prepares for a possible strike whenever president obama gives the word. u.s. intelligence agencies are preparing to release the report said to outline evidence that syria's government did, indeed, use chemical weapons to

slaughter its own citizens. today united nations inspectors returned to the scene of last week's alleged chemical weapons strikes. during a previous attempt to access the site, the un team reported it came under sniper fire. the un special envoy to syria said today those inspectors came back with samples and spoke to witnesses and that, quoting here, it does seem that some kind of substance, unquote, may have killed as many as 1,000 people. syria's president, bashar al-assad, has called the accusations preposterous. in fact, the syrian ambassador to the un today said it's the rebels who used chemical weapons on government forces. they inhaled poisonous gas as a result of use of chemical agents. syrian government is against the use of chemical weapons. by all means.

by all means. this is a moral obscenity. >> quite a claim considering u.s. officials have said only the regime and not the rebel groups even have the capability to launch such attacks. in the meantime, four u.s. navy warships are off the coast of syria with their crews awaiting orders. u.s. officials say they won't launch any strike without support from our allies, something they are working right now to rally. and just about an hour ago, a state department spokeswoman made the case that this is an issue of international law. >> it's clear that syria violated the international law. we can talk about the international norms surrounding the issue. >> let's get to jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. jen, what are you hearing about how close the united states may or may not be to striking?

>> reporter: trace, right now the pentagon is in a watch-and-wait mode. defense secretary chuck hagel will return from asia late friday. u.s. navy war ships are standing by waiting orders from the president. the president has been presented a range of options by the pentagon, u.s. navy destroyers and submarines ready, but the time rests with the diplomats and the white house. the white house does not believe it will get a un security council resolution and they're not waiting for permission from nato as a large body of 28 members. they are planning to go ahead with the british, french, turkish and australians. >> jennifer, ambassador bill richardson on this. version of studio b. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with her all day to see how it goes. [ claira ] after the deliveries, i was okay. now the ciabatta is done and the pain is starting again. more pills? seriously? seriously.

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>> there are reports that people in syria believe an attack is coming. many are leaving the exag city, damascus. others gathering food and water. from the administration there's still no firm time line at all.

we do have welcom warships poiso attack when the president gives the order. with us now is former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, bill richardson. thanks for joining us. i am confused by the whole thing. the stated goal by the administration is regime change. now they tell us that's not the goal of any military mission that may or may not happen in the coming days. what is your understanding of the goal and what we expect to achieve by this launch missile, cruise missile strike? >> well, you're right, trace. regime change is not a goal. the administration has said that. what the administration is trying to do, and i think they're wise to get their ducks in a row, is to get military legal justification for these air strikes which i think are imnebt. first, i think the fact that the u.s. special envoy said some of

these chemical weapons were used, this was in your report. secondly, the arab league surrounding countries u.s. intelligence is pretty overwhelming that chemical weapons have been used. the big problem is at the united nations where if you try to use what it called chapter 7 which is all means necessary, in other words, military justification, the russians will veto it. what you're trying to do is get around it or maybe get the russians to shame them into vetoing it, but get language that comes close, condemnation. a diplomatic effort i think is going on, and it makes sense to pursue what is called a coalition of the willing. get a lot of countries in support of this military strike which i do think is imminent. >> if in fact, we do strike and assad is left standing and much

of his military infrastructure is left standing, how do we look at the end of it all? >> well, trace, i think you have to have some goals for the air strike. you can't just do it for condemnation purposes. the administration is saying we have to have a comprehensive strategy, that these air strikes help arm the rebels, that they hit the command and control sisters of the syrian military, that they shift the military momentum away from the military of syria which clearly has the military momentum towards those that are actually being massacred. in other words, shift the momentum but make the military air strikes which are going to be substantial and you hit the military targets, the sites where some of the chemical weapons are, where the missile launches take place, the artillery shells take place. so i think the administration is

wyoming to have a diplomatic and military strategy before they launch this. >> governor, my apology. the computer is going to cut us off. former un ambassador bill richardson. thank you very much. coming up, more breaking news on syria as well as major nidal hasan.

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thought it would take to get the life insurance policy, for the check to come. >> the defense also finished cross examining the mother today after she broke down on the stand yesterday. that's when she told jurors how she says that teenager, demarcus elkins, tried to rob her, then shot her in the ear and her leg, then turned the gun on her baby and killed him. john roberts is live for us in marietta, georgia. john, how is the defense approaching this case? >> reporter: trace, the defense continues to try to poke holes in the dramatic testimony of the state's star witness with, the mother, sherry west, after five hours of grueling cross-examination which public defender kevin goff accused her of being everything from a drug user to a child abuser. he tried to plant the idea in the jury's mind that the mother might have done this herself. the judge was reluctant to let

him go there. >> the evidence would suggest that the killing was, in fact, drug-related, that perhaps it was a drug deal gone bad, or that it would also support the inference that somebody owed money over drugs. >> how does your inference get above a bare suspicion or conjecture on your part? >> reporter: that conversation, by the way, was out of earshot of the jury. they were out of the room. west's daughter testified today about inconsistencies in what her mother told her about the shooting. she was so concerned about those inconsistencies, she actually called the brunswick police to talk to them more about it, but they never called her back. >> john roberts live for us in marietta, georgia. thank you. we'll be right back.

break news on studio b is that major nidal hasan has been sentenced to death for the shooting at fort hood back in 2009, killing 13 people and injuring 30 others. he put up virtually no defense

and made no statements in his defense. he said he wanted to die, and now it appears he will get his wish, and the ships are ready and if the president gives the order, we are ready to attack syria. i'm trace gallagher inr for shepard smith. neil cavuto, your world, right now. >> we will be able to speed up that day when all of god's children, black men and white men, jews and gentiles, broughtl will be able to sing in the old negro spiritual, free at last, free at last, thank god almighty, we're free at last. >> that was then, this is now. >> as we mark this anniversary, we must remind ourselves that the measure of progress for those who marched 50 years ago was not merely how many blacks had joined the ranks of millionaires. it was whether this country would admit all peo